Associate Professor

Office Address: 230 Cascades Hall

Phone: 541-322-3126

Fax: 541-383-7501

E-mail: kreg.lindberg@osucascades.edu

Curriculum Vita

Kreg Lindberg teaches and conducts research in tourism and outdoor recreation, with a particular focus on eco and adventure tourism.

Current and recent projects include:

• Visitor and public preferences for development of visitor services in Norwegian national parks, for the Institute of Transport Economics and the Norwegian Research Council.
• Oregon OHV economic impact analysis, for Oregon State Parks.
• Monitoring of the Lower Deschutes Limited Entry system implementation, for Oregon State Parks and the Bureau of Land Management.
• Andes region visitor surveys, focused on trip characteristics, expenditure, and visitor motivation, for The Nature Conservancy and Green Consulting.

He has a Ph.D. in forest social science with a minor in economics from OSU (1995), as well as a Masters in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Prior to coming to OSU-Cascades, Kreg worked at Colorado State University and at universities and research centers in Australia and Norway.

When he's not in class or on the computer, Kreg's out hiking with his dog, biking, cross-country skiing, or exploring backroads in the forest with his FJ Cruiser.

OSU-Cascades "It's in the Bag" Lecture - Nov. 5, 2008

Play Without Outlets: Reconnecting Youth with Nature